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GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... where sustainability reporting will increasingly equip companies to recognize and manage the complexities of global environmental, social and economic relations and where reporting is set to become standard practice for large companies." The six board ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... projects in the areas of as energy efficiency, clean energy, water management, waste management, sustainable living, environmental services and sustainable public transport, LGS said. "Our decision to invest in the EBRD bond reflects our longstanding ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... high greenhouse gas emissions and companies that have extensive reserves of fossil fuels, and incorporating other environmental, social and governance factors, Northern Trust said. The fund is a new sub-fund of an existing Irish UCITS umbrella fund known ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... people to get into social finance - we can encourage investors to invest in companies because they see a social and environmental return, we applaud that, but the other way is to build the economy is to keep it in local economies and keep it local. Cooperatives ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... a very important part of our Focus on Change investment process. We strongly believe that companies with robust environmental and social practices will enjoy long term financial benefits and we seek to encourage such practices with a view to protecting ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... proposed amending its Governance Principles and Recommendations to ask listed companies to disclose how economic, environmental and social sustainability risks are being identified and managed. The ASX Group's Corporate Governance Council has published ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... activities, including voting and engagement; manager selection, appointment and monitoring; and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making processes and ownership practices. PRI has said that ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia Business School Earlier this month, the UN Statistics Divisions released a white paper outlining the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 - Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-Experimental Ecosystem Accounting), which is a synthesis ...

Insurer Catlin Group sponsors survey of global coral reefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... of today, but we are lacking hard facts about the risks that society may face in future generations, particularly environmental risks. As a result, Catlin has adopted the goal of working with scientists to produce impartial data - available to everyone ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... its new chief executive. Hagart comes to ACSI from the AU$100 billion Future Fund, where he is currently head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Hagart will replace current CEO Ann Byrne, who retires from the position at the end ...